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Cook, John T.; Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam; Kelly, Gayle Leitch – 1996
In early 1994, Central Falls, Rhode Island's Kids First, a collaborative partnership between the Central Falls School Department and local community leaders, launched a pilot universally-free school breakfast program (UF-SBP) called "Operation Breakfast." One of the goals of Operation Breakfast was to improve SBP participation; school…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Glang, Ann; And Others – 1993
This final report describes the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Home/School Support project, an Oregon project which attempted to decrease stress in parents caring for school-aged children with TBI and to provide support to schools serving students with TBI. During its 3 years of development, the project involved over 50 families of children, ages…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey Bell, Newark.
This career education program guide, based on the results of a pilot program involving six school districts in New Jersey, was intended to help program coordinators implement career education programs in grades K-12 that relate the skills taught in school to those used in jobs. The content is in three sections. The first one covers the business…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
National Center for Health Services Research and Development (DHEW/PHS), Rockville, MD. – 1976
Discussed are practical factors involved in planning and carrying out child abuse and neglect treatment programs. It is explained that the information is based on the experience of 11 demonstration projects in 10 states. Chapter 1 details planning theories and offers a model for program planning. Chapter 2 is designed to inform planners of typical…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Community Programs
Carter, Susanne – 1994
This guide presents profiles of 26 state, regional, and local programs that have been effective in meeting the needs of students with emotional/behavioral disabilities and their families. Each of the programs reflects in varying degrees the care value, principles, and framework developed by the Child and Adolescent Service System Program (CASSP).…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
National Council of La Raza, Los Angeles, CA. Program Office. – 1990
Project EXCEL, a community educational leadership demonstration project sponsored by the National Council of La Raza and its over 123 affiliated community-based organizations, is a major educational initiative to improve the educational attainment of Hispanic Americans by working with local communities to develop and demonstrate effective…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Educational Attainment, Educational Improvement
Raftery, Sue – 1989
The school/community improvement process adapted by the Rural, Small Schools Program at the Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) serves to revitalize and improve rural schools, incorporating commitment of both school and community leaders to rural school improvement. This paper describes implementation of the process in four school districts,…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
1976
The handbook focuses on the methods and techniques used in the Child Advocacy Project (Philadelphia), a community development project for child advocacy in five areas--education, youth activities, health and welfare, legal rights, and handicapped and mentally retarded children. Brief sections cover the following areas (sample topics are in…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Child Advocacy, Community Education
Kiernan, William; Moon, Sherril – 1993
This 3-year project attempted to: (1) provide direct support to students with severe disabilities in accessing recreation opportunities; (2) develop and present inservice training on integrated leisure opportunities in New England; and (3) disseminate information on ways to integrate school and community recreation activities. The project was…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Irwin, Marilyn, Ed.; Wilcox, Barbara, Ed. – 1987
The document consists of proceedings from the 1987 Leadership Conference on the topic of least restrictive environment (LRE) for severely disabled students. Contents include the following presentations: "The OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) Plan for LRE" (G. Thomas Bellamy); "Bringing about Integrated Community-Based…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Administrator Role, Community Programs, Cooperation
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Maru, A. A.; Cook, M. J. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1990
The paper reviews the historical and cultural attitudes of Ethiopians toward blind children, the education of blind children, the special situation of orphaned blind children, limitations of existing educational models, and development of a new model that relies on elements of community-based rehabilitation and the employment of blind high school…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Blindness, Community Programs, Delivery Systems
National School-to-Work Opportunities Office, Washington, DC. – 1996
This bulletin presents the key elements of service learning and moves into a discussion of the benefits to be gained from incorporating service learning into a school-to-work system. It discusses the following key elements that are central to service learning programs and that can be expanded when incorporating a service learning component into a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1979
Part of a series designed to assist California school districts with the implementation of career education in K-12, this resource guide covers the wealth of experience and information available from government resources at the local, state, and federal levels and from resources in the community. Sources are listed that offer access to materials…
Descriptors: Career Education, Clearinghouses, Community Involvement, Community Programs
Appalachia Educational Lab., Charleston, WV. – 1996
As increased attention is placed on the role of schools in the development of character, community service/service learning, the concept of providing instrution through the study of community issues, action to address them, and reflection on the experience, can help meet school and community goals. Through community service/service learning,…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Services, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1986
This report describes 38 model school-business partnerships that are being conducted in South Carolina. The 38 reports were gathered from 24 school districts and 3 statewide projects. Criteria for selection were that the partnerships must be in some way exemplary of the program and the school district must have reported in some detail their…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Demonstration Programs, Education Work Relationship
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